Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Cellular IoT System-in-Package

Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Cellular IoT System-in-Package is designed to address the needs of emerging low-power cellular IoT applications. These applications include long battery life, low-cost deployment and maintenance, and scalability for potentially billions of devices. Nordic nRF9160 also provides ubiquitous network coverage in a miniaturized form factor that can fit almost anywhere. With an integrated application processor, full LTE-M/NB-IoT/GNSS modem, RF front end, and power management in a 10mm x 16mm x 1mm package, the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 offers a compact solution for cellular IoT.

The nRF9160 SiP includes a variant with built-in GPS support for targeting asset-tracking applications. It combines location data from the cellular network with GPS satellite trilateration to allow remote monitoring of the device's position. The nRF9160 SiP features a globally compatible LTE modem supporting a large variety of bands

The nRF9160 SiP has an integrated Arm® Cortex®-M33 CPU and features Arm TrustZone and Arm CryptoCell security technology. The device includes many digital and analog interfaces and peripherals for single-device design possibilities. All necessary modem firmware, RTOS, application software examples, and hardware reference designs are provided to implement a full cellular IoT design.

Features

Software development kit
- LWM2M client
- CoAP, MQTT, HTTP
- Secure boot
- Secure FOTA for application and modem
- Peripheral driver libraries
- Application examples
Application processor
- Arm Cortex M33 at 64MHz
- TrustZone for trusted execution
- Crypto cell co-processor
- Secure Key management unit
- Up to 4x SPI, TWI, UART serial interface
- PDM, I²S audio interfaces
- PWM and 12-bit ADC
- EasyDMA on all peripherals
- Programmable Peripheral Interconnect (PPI) system
- HW Automated power and clock management
- 32 GPIO with flexible mapping

LTE-M and NB-IoT modem
- LTE-M and NB-IoT support in bands from 700MHz to 2.2GHz
- Worldwide operation
- LTE band support in hardware
  - Cat-M1: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B14, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66
  - Cat-NB1/NB2: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B17, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66
- Up to 23dBm output power
- -105dBm RX sensitivity
- Single pin 50Ω antenna interface
- eDRX, PSM
- SMS, IPv4/IPv6
- TCP/UDP, TLS/DTLS
- BSD secure socket, LTE L3 APIs
- AT commands for control